THURSDAY, Nov. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — All body fat is not the same. And a new study suggests that folks who have more of what’s known as brown fat may have a lower risk of weight-related health problems, such as diabetes and high blood pressure. “Brown fat has longContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Managing your diabetes can be tough, but your eyes might thank you for it. Diabetic retinopathy is a diabetes complication that damages the retina’s blood vessels, often resulting in vision loss and blindness. The condition occurs in more than half of people withContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Living near a fast-food restaurant may provide a quick fix if you’re famished and pressed for time, but it may also boost your odds for type 2 diabetes, a large study of U.S veterans suggests. Neighborhoods with more supermarkets, however, may protect youContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Modern Americans get much less physical activity than their forebearers did 200 years ago, and increasing reliance on technology is a major reason why. That’s the finding from researchers who used data on falling body temperature and changing metabolic rates in the UnitedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The number of people experiencing numbness, pins and needles, and burning pain in their feet and toes seems to be on the rise, new research suggests, and some of these folks may be at increased risk for heart trouble. Exactly why there hasContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — In his work with patients who have pancreatic cancer, Dr. Srinivas Gaddam was bothered by something that he was seeing. “There are some patients that you can’t stop thinking about because they’ve left a mark on you and you try your best toContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Liver disease is usually associated with alcoholism or hepatitis, but obesity and diabetes are becoming an even more dire threat for potentially fatal liver damage, a new study reveals. In fact, advanced fatty liver disease increases a person’s risk of death by nearlyContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Medtronic has expanded a recall of its MiniMed 600 series insulin pumps to include more than 463,000 of the devices. The pumps may deliver incorrect dosing of insulin and the recall has been identified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as aContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Black Americans have been persistently hard-hit with heart disease risk factors for the past 20 years — and social issues like unemployment and low income account for a good deal of it, a new study finds. Cardiovascular disease, which includes heart disease andContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Statins are proven to lower cholesterol, but they may also come with a downside for patients with diabetes: A new study finds they may make the blood sugar disease worse. Researchers found that among those taking statins, 56% saw their diabetes progress, comparedContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Type 2 diabetes may up the risk for Alzheimer’s disease by altering brain function, new animal research suggests. A University of Nevada Las Vegas team showed that chronically high blood sugar could impair memory and alter aspects of working memory networks in rodents.Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) – For people with diabetes who have a stroke, there may be an ideal blood sugar target to prevent another one or a heart attack, a South Korean study finds. To determine average blood sugar levels over the past two to three months, theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A drug widely used to treat osteoporosis might reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests. Taking the drug alendronate (Fosamax) for at least eight years could potentially reduce a person’s risk of type 2 diabetes by more than half,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) — In terms of healthy eating, timing is everything. That’s the word from researchers who claim the time of day that you eat may be just as important for your health as what you eat. Having your meals in a consistent window of 8Continue Reading